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RAILWAY FREIGHT GAR DUUR. No. 300,315. Patenteiune IQLSLL.

4 l i" l' Unire STATES PATnNT tries..

BEhT EYSTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANTHONY G.VAN SCHAICK, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY FREIGHT-CAR DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,315, dated June l0,1884.

A pplcation filed April 15,1884. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, BEN EYsTER, of Chi cago, in the county of Cook andState of I1linois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Doorsfor Railway Freight-Gars, of which the following is a description,reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aside elevation viewed from the Io inside of the car. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical sectional view on the line :c m, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is amodification of the construction shown in Fig. l, being a like view ofaportion of the inside of the car and of a part of i 5 the door. Fig. iis a transverse sectional view of the traveler or guide-rail asconstructed of T-iron, and showing the manner of attaching the doorthereto; and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a face-plate upon thedoor-jamb with 2o my improved device for securing the door when closed.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the different figures.

The object of my invention is to provide an inner door for railwayfreight-cars used in the transportation of various kinds of loose grain,which door may be cheap in its construction, and simple, durable, andeffectual in its operation, and so secured to the car that whileV 3o itmay be moved entirely out of position when necessary, it may yet remainfirmly secured thereto.

In the drawings, A represents the side of an ordinary box or freightcar, B B being upright pieces which serve as door-posts and constitute apart of the frame. Said car is provided with the usual outside slidingdoor A. (Shown in Fi g. 2.) In loading such cars with grain, it iscustomary to fill them to the depth io of about three feet, and to placeone or more wide boards across the doorway to the necessary height toprevent the grain from ruiming out. rlDhese boards are pushed up fromthe bottom in unloading the car and the grain permitted to run out frombeneath. The objections to this are that the loose doors or boards arein the way when not in use, and are liable to be stolen, while the earsare injured by the use of nails and other like means for securing 5o thesame in position.

In the drawings, C represents my improved door, one end of which isadapted to rest loosely against the inside of the post B, or may litinto a socket or jamb attached thereto, as may be desired, while theopposite end rests in a similar manner against the inside ofthe post B.

Bolted or otherwise secured to the jamb or post Bl is a block, b, Figs.l and 2, to which is iirmly secured in like manner the bottom of a flatiron guide-bar, b, which latter extends 6o above the top of the doorabout the length of the block Z), when it is bent inward,d as shown inFig.- 2, and bolted to said post B. That portion of the door C above theblock b is sut ficiently elongated to extend through between 6 5 the barb and the post B', as clearly shown in the drawings, which saidextension is provided with an iron strap rigidly secured to said door Gby bolts or screws, the upper or projecting end of which forms a loop orslot, c, as shown. 7o

Rigidly secured to the post B', at a point at or'about the top of thedoor C, is one end of a bar or guide-rail, D, which, passing through theloop oi' the iron c, is extended upward about the height of the block b,and thence, preferably, in a horizontal line somewhat more than thelength of the door C, when the opposite end is rigidly bolted to the carat d.

E represents the usual wainscoting of the car, corresponding in heightto that oi' the 8o door C, which is even with the inside of the post B.The loop c is so bent laterally as to permit the same to move up or downor horizontally upon the bar D when said door is operated. rlhe door isfirst raised vertically by being pricd upward from the bottom, when thegrain runs out beneath it. Said door is then raised until the bottomrests upon the top oi' the block Z), when the loop c will have reachedthe horizontal portion of the bar D. 9o Said door may then be pushedbackward to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l, whenthe bottom of the end upon which said loop is secured rests upon theblock b2, the bottom of the opposite end being support- 9 5 ed upon theblock Z). The top of said block b2 is provided with anupwardly-projecting guard-iron or clip, bi, to hold the door securely inposition. The guide-rail D, as shown in Fig. l, is secured only at twopoints, and hence roo is more or less ilexible. The same is preferal asshown,

bly so made in order the better to accommodate itself to the movement ofthe loop thereon.

It is obvious that when the door is rst raised, so that its end restsupon the block b, a considerable leverage or prying force may be exertedupon the rail D; and to prevent the same from being displaced I secure aguardiron, f, to the frame-work of the car, beneath which theguide-railD passes, and which is sufiiciently distant from the rail to'permit the passage of said door and loop. as shown in Fig. 2. Y

In Fig. 3 the guide-rail D, Ainstead of being straight, is shown ashaving an upward curve for raising the door in its backward passage,whereby the grain against the wainscoting E may not interfere with suchbackward movement of the door. Said rail (shown in Fig. 3) isfastened tothe car at a sufficient number of points to render the same rigid andinflexible.

Said'rail is preferably made from T-iron, in 1 which event theconnecting-iron or sliding dog c is correspondingly modified, as shown.in Fig. 4. Said iron D maybe bolted or spiked, as shown, or secured inanymanner which convenience and experience may suggest.

It is essential that the door C be rmly secured against the posts B B',as well as downwardly against the Hoor, thus preventing a leakage ofgrain. To accomplish this I preferably secure a metal plate, G, upon theface of the post B, to which in turn is loosely fastened a dog, H,having a slot, h, whereby the same may be moved up and down upon therivet h. Said dog is provided with teeth h2 h3, the former being adaptedto grasp the top of the door C, while the latter engages with a in h sothatadownward )ressure u on said p 7 7 p dog may exert a pressureagainst the post B, while at the same time the door is forced downward.To effect this downward pressure I provide an eccentric, I, above saiddog,which is pivoted at i. To release the dog, said eccentric may berevolved sufficiently to permit the former to be raised, when it may bedrawn outwardly and allowed to hang upon the bolt h', wholly without anddisconnected from the door C, when the latter may be raised at will,

and slid back upon the guide-rail 5o D. A corresponding dog andeccentric may be used upon the post B; but it is believed that one willbe sufficient. 'p

Having thus described my invention,what I claim,'and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. In a freight-car, the combination of the door C, adapted to restagainst the inside of the usual door-posts of such car, having a slottediron or loop rigidly secured to one end, and attached to and adapted toslide up on a stationary guide-bar commencing at or near one of saiddoor-posts, and extending thence upward about the height of the block b,and thence horizontally to a point near the end of 6 5 said car, wherebysaiddoor may be guided upward and backward and retained in position uponthe side and between the doorway and the end of said car, substantiallyin the manner and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a freight-car, the combination of the door C, adapted to rest,when closed, against the posts B B, guide-bar b, looped or slotted ironc, guide-rail D, and means for locking said doorin position when closed,substantially 4as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a freight-car, the combination of the door C, adapted to rest,when closed, against the posts B B', guide-bar b', looped or slottediron c, guide-rail D, and dog II, substantially as and for thepurposesispeciied.

4. The combination, with a freight-car, of the door C, adapted to rest,when closed, against the posts B B', guide-bar b, blocks b b2, looped orslotted iron c, guide-rail D, and guard f, for the uses tially asdescribed.

5. In a freight-car, the combination of the dog H, having teeth h2 h3,pin h, and adapted to be raised and lowered upon a pin or bolt by meansof a slot, h, an eccentric, ,or equivalent means for securing the samein position, and a sliding door, C, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

and purposes substany BEN EYSTER. Vitncsses: p

D. H. FLETCHER, l

HENRY FEANKEUETER.

